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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Postcolonial Love Poem," the speaker mentions a "cabochon." What is a cabochon?
(a) A small silver disk used to hold a bolo tie together.
(b) A smoothed and polished stone.
(c) A variety of jasper.
(d) A silver buckle common in the Southwestern United States.

2. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what comparison is made by the lines "eaten the bread/ of your thighs, broke you to wine" (7)?
(a) The hard work of a relationship is compared to agricultural work.
(b) Coming home to the beloved is compared to the Ancient Greek tradition of hospitality.
(c) Sex with the beloved is compared to the Christian rite of communion.
(d) Jealousy and possessiveness in a relationship is compared to cannibalism.

3. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," what kind of person does the speaker want to love her?
(a) Someone who understands her.
(b) Someone long dead.
(c) Someone who is not American.
(d) Someone white.

4. In "Wolf OR-7," what state has the solitary wolf "OR-7" entered?
(a) Washington.
(b) California.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Oregon.

5. In "Skin-Light," when the speaker uses the word "lightmonger," what literary technique is this an example of (22)?
(a) Encomium.
(b) Anthimeria.
(c) Aphorismus.
(d) Neologism.

6. In "Blood-Light," what is the speaker imagining with the words, "Don't you want a little light in your belly?"
(a) Her mother's motive for constantly trying to feed her.
(b) How to tell her lover that she wants them to have a child.
(c) Her brother's motive for trying to stab her.
(d) A way to communicate genuine joy.

7. On page 32 of "Wolf OR-7," what motifs from earlier poems in the collection recur?
(a) "Tracking" and "cameras."
(b) "Instinct" and "desire."
(c) The "dunes of your hips" and "long thirst."
(d) "A same wilding path" and "wolf naps."

8. In "Like Church," the speaker uses the Spanish term of endearment "Mi caracol" (29). What is the literal translation of this expression?
(a) My snail.
(b) My cabbage.
(c) My rabbit.
(d) My peanut.

9. In "Wolf OR-7," what word does the speaker say can also mean "touch" (32)?
(a) Know.
(b) Howl.
(c) Love.
(d) Bite.

10. In "Ink-Light," to what does the speaker compare her desire?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A train.
(c) A jaguar.
(d) A carnivorous plant.

11. In "Skin-Light," what is the likely antecedent of "this" in "This is the war I was born for" (22)?
(a) The battle against erasure.
(b) Her relationship with her lover.
(c) The struggle for Native sovereignty.
(d) Her relationship with her brother.

12. In "Like Church," what does the speaker mean by "It is real work not to perform/ a fable" (30)?
(a) Fairy tales and fables create unrealistic expectation about love.
(b) She feels controlled by her partner's whims and desires.
(c) She worries about assuming that she knows how her relationship will end.
(d) It is easy to fall into the trap of fulfilling a stereotype.

13. In "Blood-Light," what is described in the page 5 image "yellow metallic scissors"?
(a) Crayfish.
(b) Knitting needles.
(c) Scorpions.
(d) Chopsticks.

14. In "Manhattan Is a Lenape Word," what does the speaker claim to do with her "mouth of smoke" (14)?
(a) Preserve meat.
(b) Speak an unknown language.
(c) Put bees to sleep.
(d) Fill the room.

15. In "Asterion's Lament," to what is the beloved's body compared besides water?
(a) A maze.
(b) A palace.
(c) A desert.
(d) A garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "From the Desire Field," to what creature does the speaker compare herself?

2. In "They Don't Love You Like I Love You," why is the word "Maps" in quotation marks?

3. In "Like Church," what does the speaker say she has "escaped through" (29)?

4. In "Asterion's Lament," what does the phrase, "Go forward, always down" represent (27)?

5. In "These Hands, If Not Gods," what is the antecedent of the word "they" in the opening line "Haven't they moved like rivers?" (7)?

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